Course Description and Objectives This course is dedicated to the study of ancient Greek philosophy, including the Pre-Socratics, the Minor Socratic Schools, Plato, Aristotle, and the major Hellenistic philosophers.

Course objectives are as follows: - To introduce the student to general philosophical thinking (e.g. cosmology, ethics, and metaphysics) - To expose the student to great works of ancient philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle - To provide an understanding of philosophical grammar, formal logic, and principles of rhetoric in the scholastic tradition - To show a basic history of ideas throughout the ancient world up to the time of the Incarnation - To give a certain understanding of the difference, as well as connection, between faith and reason